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"All I want is ships as fast as I can get them,” said Rear Adm. Chad Jacoby when asked about maintaining two shipbuilders for the Offshore Patrol Cutter program.
The ship, designated T-ATS 11, is one of several Navajo-class towing, rescue and salvage ships that Austal is under contract to build.
As the Navy scrambles to bolster its shipbuilding capacity, numerous shipyards in the Gulf of Mexico must compete to attract a limited pool of workers.
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Austal intends to grow its workforce by one-third as it opens a new facility devoted entirely to producing nuclear submarine components.